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A Senate committee grilled top executives of three major pharmaceutical companies Thursday, asking why Americans are paying more for prescription drugs than other countries? Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chair Bernie Sanders said Merck charges diabetes patients $6,900 for Januvia when that exact same product can be purchasedContinue Reading

We’re continuing our series on Severe Weather Awareness Week to help you understand the weather phenomena that affect us here in Florida. Thursday’s focus is on hurricanes and flooding. Specifically, why does Florida get so many hurricanes? and what makes them so dangerous? Florida is surrounded by warm water andContinue Reading

A local restaurant that’s been a favorite to many Jacksonville residents for almost two decades has closed its doors for good. Customers arriving at the Burrito Gallery in Downtown Jacksonville were met with a locked front door and covered windows Wednesday. A sign taped to the door thanked the restaurant’sContinue Reading

An 11-year-old is in custody after police say he brought a loaded 9mm to school on Monday. An arrest report from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office indicates that the boy showed the gun to other students on the school bus to school, then showed it off in the bathroom at school.Continue Reading

Attorneys for 18-year-old migrant Vergilio Aguilar-Mendez, who is accused in the death of a St. Johns County deputy, are bolstering their arguments for why the case should be dismissed. Sergeant Michael Kunovich collapsed after a struggle to detain Aguilar-Mendez last year. The medical examiner later found Kunovich died of aContinue Reading

Governor Ron DeSantis will hold a press conference at the Florida State Fair in Tampa on Thursday at 12:25 p.m. Press play above to watch liveContinue Reading

This is a popular time of year when football fans buy a new TV to watch the Super Bowl. The Consumer Product Safety Commission wants to remind you about the dangers associated with these TVs tipping over and injuring someone when placed on top of furniture without being anchored toContinue Reading

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, chaired by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is set to hold a hearing Thursday morning that is titled “Why Does the United States Pay, by Far, the Highest Prices in the World for Prescription Drugs?” Witnesses include chief executives of three major pharmaceuticalContinue Reading

Today is becoming mostly sunny to partly cloudy. Sunny skies are more likely west of Highway 301 as the northeast breeze will keep some cloud cover over the beaches to I-95. High tempe in the upper 60s to low 70s- but most of you are starting out quite chilly inContinue Reading